A decentralised autonomous organisation (DAO) set up to promote WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s release from prison has raised 12,569 ETH, or roughly $38.8 million at current exchange rates.
Following a court judgement in December that overturned a British court ruling preventing extradition, Assange is currently seeking extradition to the United States. He has been imprisoned in a London prison since January of this year.
According to JuiceBox, the community financing site that is hosting the campaign, donations began to pour in on February 4th. Over the weekend, funding increased dramatically, more than doubling in the last 24 hours to reach the present amount.
It is currently the largest JuiceBox Ethereum raise in history, according to the AssangeDAO Twitter feed, surpassing that of ConstitutionDAO, which raised cash in November to purchase an authentic copy of the United States Constitution. AssangeDAO is a “cypherpunk group” that wants to raise ETH in exchange for JUSTICE governance tokens. These will be used to bid on a “Censored” NFT collection created by digital artist Pak in partnership with Julian Assange.
The sale revenues will go to Assange’s defence fund, which will be used for “legal fees and lobbying to raise awareness about Julian’s extradition case.”
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